Courier Management System

Abstract

In modern age, as time increase, needs & requirements of the person are also increased. They want more facility & try to do their task quickly & within time. But they can not get all the things at nearest market or area, so they have to import the things from any place in the world. The courier company has number of branches, which are spread over the country or the world. So that when person wants to send things then he has to contact at nearest courier service branch. The courier company creates the schedule & gives internal/external services. The courier service work as destination office or source office. The source office branch receives the order means consignments & sends it to the destination courier branch. The company has certain rules according to the weight. Using the courier service person can easily send his/her parcel to other person in the particular destination within the time. Now days, 50% of companies of the world uses the services of various courier company.

Existing System

The existing system of the Cargo Info system is not computerized. It requires manual processing. It is a time consuming process. The main drawbacks were the inadequate facilities for updating currency values, customer details etc. The modifications were tedious and time consuming to be made. There were no proper facilities for adding more information of branches. It needed a long procedure to access the good item details send to the receiver. There were no proper database managements to store respective data of corresponding details. The complete monitoring of details was not made correctly. Information retrieval was very slow and the customer had to wait for a long time.

Proposed System

The main objective of the proposed system is to overcome the drawbacks of the existing system. High speed and accuracy are the main features of the proposed system over the manual system. Different access levels are provided for different categories system is capable in providing quick and up-to-date information. It can generate number of reports. The main advantages of the proposed system are the adequate facilities made for updating currency value and customer details. The modifications are easy to be made. Information for branches are provided satisfactorily. The complete details of goods, sender and receiver are provided. The managements of all data are stored properly in corresponding databases. Proper monitoring of the parameters given is validated. All the calculations of bills are made accurately with decimal points within seconds. The delivery report is generated as soon as the good item is delivered. With the proposed system the customers and the users do not have to wait because all the processes are very fast and accurate.

Architecture

System Flow Diagram